Choose the voices that will become a book.

The lemon tree behind the house

In the voice of Nanna Carmen Vella · 1948 · 4:12

A quiet recollection of the lemon tree her father planted in the courtyard the year she was born.

The afternoon I first saw him

In the voice of Nanna Carmen Vella · 1962 · 6:33

A glance across the village square at festa that quietly rearranged the rest of her life.

When Maria was born

In the voice of Nanna Carmen Vella · 1968 · 5:22

The morning her first daughter arrived, and the quiet that followed.

My mother's tomato sauce, exactly

In the voice of Nanna Carmen Vella · 1985 · 9:01

How she finally learned to make the sauce the way her mother did — by smell, never by recipe.

The morning we left for England

In the voice of Nanna Carmen Vella · 1979 · 7:14

Two suitcases, three children, and a small jar of soil from the courtyard.